ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 182064
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| Date: | Wednesday 20 April 1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hunting Percival Pembroke C1 |
| Owner/operator: | Far East CS RAF |
| Registration: | WV709 |
| MSN: | P66/012 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Seletar -
 Singapore
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| RAF Seletar, Singapore | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Originally intended for delivery to the Southern Rhodesian Air Force (SRAF) as SR132 (with a scheduled delivery date of 23 November 1953). Not delivered - instead Delivered to the RAF 15 March 1954. Issued to the Far East Air Force. To FEAF via RAF Benson, Oxfordshire 26 May 1954, issued to FECS (Far East Communications Squadron) 11 June 1954. Cat.3 damage suffered 28 September 1955, to MBFE (Maintenanace Base Fare East) for repair 4 October 1955, and rejoined FECS 28 December 1955. Assessed 20 April 1960 as Cat.3(Provisional) but soon downgraded to Cat.5(Components), being Struck Off Charge (SOC) on 11 May 1960 and then stripped of all useful components and scrapped at 389 MU, RAF Seletar, Singapore
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
2. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WV
3. http://www.rafseletar.co.uk/flying-squadrons/percival-pembroke/
4. http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/aa-africa/zim/af/types/pembroke.htm
5. http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=827
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Dec-2015 15:19 | JINX | Added |
| 23-Feb-2017 19:56 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 23-Jul-2017 16:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Nov-2018 15:13 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 05-Nov-2019 22:53 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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